I like the point that human values seem to be changing faster lately, so it doesn’t look like they’re approaching equilibrium.
Hmm. Human terminal values—warmth, freedom from pain, orgasms, sweet tastes, etc—are evolving along with the human genome—very slowly.
Morality is a bit different. That is partly cultural—and evolves much faster (and is indeed getting better over time).
It might look as though human terminal values change with culture too—but usually that is because culture produces environmental changes. The sterile catholic priest hasn’t had their terminal values changed—rather their beliefs about the state of the world have been changed.
Of course memes would love to be able to mess with human terminal values—but they are pretty wired in and seem rather challenging to mess with. Drugs may be the nearest thing.
Hmm. Human terminal values—warmth, freedom from pain, orgasms, sweet tastes, etc—are evolving along with the human genome—very slowly.
Morality is a bit different. That is partly cultural—and evolves much faster (and is indeed getting better over time).
It might look as though human terminal values change with culture too—but usually that is because culture produces environmental changes. The sterile catholic priest hasn’t had their terminal values changed—rather their beliefs about the state of the world have been changed.
Of course memes would love to be able to mess with human terminal values—but they are pretty wired in and seem rather challenging to mess with. Drugs may be the nearest thing.